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bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing |
Date: |
Tue, 23 May 2023 21:25:11 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> Maybe a good name for the new function would be
>> 'fit-window-to-temp-buffer'?
>
> Sorry to come up with this now, but: I think "temp-buffer" is a
> misnomer here. AFAIU it is used for *Help* buffers. Those are not
> more temporary than a lot of other buffers (doesn't the *Help* buffer
> live more or less the whole session if you don't kill it?), and the way
> Help buffers are displayed has not much or not only to do with how long
> they live.
>
> I always found that naming confusing. It makes me think of
> `with-temp-buffer', helper buffers, not of *Help*. Do you find the
> naming appropriate, having the use cases in mind?
According to (info "(emacs) Temporary Displays")
maybe a better name would be "view-buffer" because
it's intended for non-editable buffers.
- bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, (continued)
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Juri Linkov, 2023/05/17
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Juri Linkov, 2023/05/19
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, martin rudalics, 2023/05/20
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Juri Linkov, 2023/05/22
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/05/22
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing,
Juri Linkov <=
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/05/23
bug#63455: 30.0.50; display-buffer-in-direction is always resizing, Juri Linkov, 2023/05/12